Projects per year
Organisation profile
Organisation profile
The Soft Matter and Wetting group is a multidisciplinary research group consisting of physicists and chemists and aims at functional soft materials and surfaces. Many of the materials we work on are inspired by nature, such as extremely water-repellent superhydrophobic surfaces.
LIBER
The Soft Matter and Wetting group is member of Center of Excellence in Life-Inspired Hybrid Materials (LIBER), funded by Academy of Finland’s Center of Excellence Programme (2022-2029).
ERC Consolidator Grant
Professor Robin Ras has received a Consolidator Grant from the European Research Council (ERC). The topic of this five-year project is "Superslippery Liquid-Repellent Surfaces".
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
Profiles
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Ali Afzalifar
- Department of Applied Physics - Postdoctoral Researcher
- Soft Matter and Wetting - Postdoctoral Researcher
Person: Postdoctoral researchers
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Laura Fieber
- Department of Applied Physics - Doctoral Researcher
- School of Science
- Soft Matter and Wetting - Doctoral Researcher
Person: Doctoral students, Doctoral Student
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Tommi Huhtamäki
- Department of Applied Physics - Postdoctoral Researcher
- Soft Matter and Wetting - Postdoctoral Researcher
Person: Postdoctoral researchers
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-: LIBER 2/Ras
Ras, R. (Principal investigator)
01/01/2024 → 31/12/2026
Project: Academy of Finland: Other research funding
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-: Center of Excellence in Life-inspired Hybrid Materials
Ras, R. (Principal investigator), Al-Terke, H. (Project Member), Junaid, M. (Project Member), Nurmi, H. (Project Member), Liu, K. (Project Member), Zhou, S. (Project Member), Morais Jaques, Y. (Project Member), Huhtamäki, T. (Project Member), Wagener, L. Z. J. S. (Project Member), Vuckovac, M. (Project Member), Lepikko, S. (Project Member) & Afzalifar, A. (Project Member)
01/01/2022 → 31/12/2024
Project: Academy of Finland: Other research funding
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Effects of LinTT1-peptide conjugation on the properties of poly(ethylene glycol)-block-(ε-caprolactone) nanoparticles prepared by the nanoprecipitation method
Känkänen, V., Hirvonen, S. P., Teesalu, T., Hirvonen, J., Balasubramanian, V. & Santos, H. A., 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Drug Delivery and Translational Research.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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Critical study of contact angle goniometry
Huhtamäki, T., 2024, Aalto University. 156 p.Research output: Thesis › Doctoral Thesis › Collection of Articles
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Designing Plastrons for Underwater Bubble Capture : From Model Microstructures to Stochastic Nanostructures
Wong, W. S. Y., Naga, A., Armstrong, T., Karunakaran, B., Poulikakos, D. & Ras, R. H. A., 4 Sept 2024, In: Advanced Science. 11, 33, 2403366.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Open AccessFile32 Downloads (Pure)
Datasets
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CCDC 1450587: Experimental Crystal Structure Determination
Beyeh, N. (Creator), Puttreddy, R. (Contributor) & Rissanen, K. (Contributor), Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre , 1 Jan 2016
DOI: 10.5517/ccdc.csd.cc1kpg4v, http://www.ccdc.cam.ac.uk/services/structure_request?id=doi:10.5517/ccdc.csd.cc1kpg4v&sid=DataCite
Dataset
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CCDC 1407241: Experimental Crystal Structure Determination
Beyeh, N. (Creator), Puttreddy, R. (Contributor) & Rissanen, K. (Contributor), Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre , 1 Jan 2016
DOI: 10.5517/cc1j7bwz, http://www.ccdc.cam.ac.uk/services/structure_request?id=doi:10.5517/cc1j7bwz&sid=DataCite
Dataset
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CCDC 1574168: Experimental Crystal Structure Determination
Beyeh, N. (Contributor), Pan, F. (Contributor), Ras, R. (Creator), Rissanen, K. (Contributor), Trant, J. F. (Contributor) & Turunen, L. (Contributor), Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre , 1 Jan 2017
DOI: 10.5517/ccdc.csd.cc1pv1m6, http://www.ccdc.cam.ac.uk/services/structure_request?id=doi:10.5517/ccdc.csd.cc1pv1m6&sid=DataCite
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Prizes
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Academy of Finland (AoF) Postdoctoral Research Fellowship
Wong, W. (Recipient), 1 Sept 2022
Prize: Granted funding (personal grants)
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Anton Paar Research Award for Instrumental Analytics & Characterization
Ras, R. (Recipient) & Zhou, Q. (Recipient), 2018
Prize: Award or honor granted for a specific work
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ANU Discovery Translation Fund 2.0
Wong, W. (Recipient), 1 Jan 2017
Prize: Granted funding (personal grants)
Activities
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Life inspired materials – explore the future of materials science
Malkamäki, M. (Contributor), Sammalisto, F.-E. (Contributor), Aspelin, H. (Contributor), Debais, G. (Contributor), Harmat, A. (Contributor), Mantzari, E. (Contributor), Saarinen, S. (Contributor), Seitz, I. (Contributor), Sanz-Velasco, A. (Contributor), Anaya-Plaza, E. (Contributor), Niemiec, E. (Contributor), Haataja, J. (Contributor), Lepikko, S. (Contributor) & Tersteegen, J. (Contributor)
9 Jan 2025Activity: Talk or presentation types › Public talk to non-academic audience (public outreach)
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ALD Grown Self-Assembled Monolayers: Using Area-Selective Deposition to Characterize Molecular Scale Pinholes
Lepikko, S. (Speaker), Morais Jaques, Y. (Contributor), Junaid, M. (Contributor), Backholm, M. (Contributor), Lahtinen, J. (Contributor), Julin, J. (Contributor), Jokinen, V. (Contributor), Sajavaara, T. (Contributor), Sammalkorpi, M. (Contributor), Foster, A. (Contributor) & Ras, R. (Contributor)
5 Aug 2024Activity: Talk or presentation types › Conference presentation
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Advanced Winter School "Introduction to Wetting Dynamics"
Karunakaran, B. (Participant)
27 Feb 2023 → 2 Mar 2023Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participant of a conference, workshop, session, tutorial or event
Press/Media
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Aalto-yliopiston tutkijat keksivät, mikä kiskoo vesipisaroita huippuliukkailla pinnoilla
21/04/2024
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Media appearance
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SCI Awards 2023 celebrate the people of our school
Nieminen, H., Ras, R. & Ranjan, S.
14/12/2023
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Media appearance